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Turners Group NZ (NZSE:TUA) Cash Ratio : 0.43 (As of Jun. 2014)


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What is Turners Group NZ Cash Ratio?

The Cash Ratio measures a company’s ability to meet its short-term obligations with cash and near-cash resources. It is calculated as a company's Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities divides by its Total Current Liabilities. Turners Group NZ's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2014 was 0.43.

Turners Group NZ has a Cash Ratio of 0.43. It indicates that there are more current liabilities than Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities, and the company does not have sufficient cash on hand to pay off its short-term debt.

The historical rank and industry rank for Turners Group NZ's Cash Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

NZSE:TUA's Cash Ratio is not ranked *
in the Vehicles & Parts industry.
Industry Median: 0.36
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Cash Ratio only.

Turners Group NZ Cash Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Turners Group NZ's Cash Ratio can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Turners Group NZ Cash Ratio Chart

Turners Group NZ Annual Data
Trend Dec04 Dec05 Dec06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13
Cash Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.11 0.94 0.63 0.71 0.59

Turners Group NZ Semi-Annual Data
Dec03 Jun04 Dec04 Jun05 Dec05 Jun07 Dec07 Jun08 Dec08 Jun09 Dec09 Jun10 Dec10 Jun11 Dec11 Jun12 Dec12 Jun13 Dec13 Jun14
Cash Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.60 0.71 0.58 0.59 0.43

Competitive Comparison of Turners Group NZ's Cash Ratio

For the Auto & Truck Dealerships subindustry, Turners Group NZ's Cash Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Cash Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Turners Group NZ's Cash Ratio Distribution in the Vehicles & Parts Industry

For the Vehicles & Parts industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Turners Group NZ's Cash Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Turners Group NZ's Cash Ratio falls into.



Turners Group NZ Cash Ratio Calculation

The Cash Ratio measures a company's ability to meet its short-term obligations with its cash and near-cash resources.

Turners Group NZ's Cash Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2013 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (A: Dec. 2013 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=13.73/23.097
=0.59

Turners Group NZ's Cash Ratio for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2014 is calculated as:

Cash Ratio (Q: Jun. 2014 )=Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities/Total Current Liabilities
=11.556/26.926
=0.43

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Turners Group NZ  (NZSE:TUA) Cash Ratio Explanation

The cash ratio is more conservative than other liquidity ratios, such as Quick Ratio and Current Ratio, because it only considers a company's most liquid resources. The numerator of cash ratio only considers Cash, Cash Equivalents and marketable securities. Other current assets, such as accounts receivable and inventories, are not included. The rationale is that these assets may require time to be transformed into cash, and the amount of money received is also uncertain.

The cash ratio shows a company’s ability to pay all current liabilities immediately without selling or liquidating other assets. Generally speaking, a higher cash ratio suggests the company has a stronger ability to cover its short-term debt. However, a high cash ratio could also indicate inefficient management: the company is inefficient in making full utilization of cash to invest protential profitable project. It may also suggest that the company is not confident about future profitability.

In general, the higher the cash ratio, the better the company's liquidity position.


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Turners Group NZ (NZSE:TUA) Business Description

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Turners Auctions Limited (TUA-NZ) is New Zealand's largest auction house with 16 branches nation wide and annual turnover exceeding NZ$400m. TUA is also the largest single seller of motor vehicles in New Zealand. The business operates in two broad markets: used vehicles and commercial goods. Vehicle sales include trucks, damaged insurance salvaged vehicles, light commercial vehicles and passenger cars. Commercial sales include a wide variety of surplus equipment such as heavy plant and machinery, police and custom seized goods, liquidator sales, catering equipment, computers and furniture.

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